Deadline for payment of house tax extended to April 15 in Dehradun

The original deadline for the same was March 31. The announcement came on Friday after many councillors requested nigam officials to extend the deadline as they had been busy with electionsTNN | April 01, 2017, 19:00 IST

DEHRADUN: Dehradun nagar nigam has extended the last date for payment of house tax in the city to April 15.The original deadline for the same was March 31. The announcement came on Friday after many councillors requested nigam officials to extend the deadline as they had been busy with elections.

Dharmesh Painuly, tax officer, nagar nigam told TOI, “Many councillors and residents had requested that we extend the deadline since they had not been able to pay the tax earlier. Until now, the amount collected in tax in this financial year has crossed Rs 10 crore though the net total will be calculated only after April 15.”

“A lot of people were not able to pay taxes and many councillors were busy during the state elections so we had asked mayor Vinod Chamoli to extend the deadline,” said Ajay Singhal, one of the councillors.

The local residents were relieved after the extension. Deepak Bhatia, a resident of Race Course, said, “I was out of town for past two months due to work and did not pay the house tax. This will help me tremendously.”

To facilitate payment of tax, nigam has set up camps in all wards in the city. People can also pay property tax at the nigam office.